Homer: Iliad Book XXIV
«'[This book] must be the most rewarding scholarly commentary in English on Homer. While informed by much learning, articulated with great precision, it is essentially literary-critical … Macleod's interpretation is deeply humane, and … contains much to admire, including pointed comparisons with later literature … and some sensitive extended discussions … All in all, Macleod's volume is a pleasure to work with …' Greece and Rome»
The twenty-fourth book of the Iliad - the account of Priam's ransoming of Hector's body from Achilles - is one of the masterpieces of world literature, a work of interest to a far wider audience than scholars of ancient Greek. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780521286206
- Utgivelsesår
- 1982
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«'[This book] must be the most rewarding scholarly commentary in English on Homer. While informed by much learning, articulated with great precision, it is essentially literary-critical … Macleod's interpretation is deeply humane, and … contains much to admire, including pointed comparisons with later literature … and some sensitive extended discussions … All in all, Macleod's volume is a pleasure to work with …' Greece and Rome»
«'[Macleod's] extraordinary success in catering for users at very different levels (including those who know no Greek) is characteristic of the whole work, and it is likely to exercise an influence far greater than its relatively modest appearance would, at first sight, suggest.' The Times Literary Supplement»